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Reply to ""She can't read the room.""
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[quote=Anonymous]I see this used a lot here as a description of social deficits, but I wonder if those of you who use this phrase to describe their child could elaborate on what they mean by it. I have a kid diagnosed with ADHD, but we are trying to figure out if there is more to it. When I think of not being able to read the room, the example that comes to mind is someone who tells an inappropriate joke when people are being serious, or maybe conversely someone who brings down the mood when people are kidding around. My kid does not do that sort of thing. They are sensitive to certain social norms and able to follow them. But they do have some social quirks: monologuing, having difficulty modulating their voice, and overreacting when someone fails to include them in the conversation or changes the subject to something they're not interested in (they feel someone who does this is being "rude" when it is often just a natural shift in converational topics). Does this fall under the umbrella of "not reading the room" in your opinion, or do you mean something more specific by that phrase?[/quote]
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